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Alfred Farag and Egyptian theater : the poetics of disguise, with four short plays and a monologue /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amin, Dina A.
Other Authors: Faraj, Alfrid
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Arabic.
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Middle East literature in translation.
Subjects:
Faraj, Alfrid > Criticism and interpretation.
Arabic drama > Egypt > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Poetics
  • Alfred Farag and political commitment
  • Alfred Farag's drama and the politics of identity
  • Metadrama: the poetics of disguise
  • The theater
  • The sixties: Egyptian theater in search of an identity
  • The seventies: dramatic self-consciousness and drama against itself
  • The seventies: self-conscious characters and places of danger
  • Conclusion: Farag's metadrama, from formalism to functionality
  • The plays
  • The visitor
  • The peephole
  • The stranger
  • The Egyptian hay circle
  • The last walk: a monologue.